(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – Police arrested and charged one person with possession of stolen property.
On January 4, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint about a stolen vehicle being towed on a trailer on Larocque Street, West Nipissing.
Police located and stopped the vehicle towing another vehicle on a trailer. The investigation revealed both vehicles and the trailer had been stolen and the driver was arrested.
As a result of the investigation, Shane KELLY, 35 years-of-age, from Field, was charged with:
- Failure to comply with release order
- Theft over $5,000 of a motor vehicle
- Possession break in instruments
- Possession property obtained by crime over $5,000 – three counts
- Drive with seat belt assembly modified
- Use plate not authorized for vehicle
- Entire plate not plainly visible
- Drive motor vehicle – no licence
- Draw trailer, no plate
- Driving motor vehicle with open container of liquor
The accused was release and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on February 6, 2025, in North Bay.